This financial report for Allanstand Cottage Industries for 1923 provides rare documentation of the individuals who produced crafts for sale through the Allanstand business. The report provides figures for 'amount of business' in both 1922 and...
Music -- North Carolina -- Haywood County; Agriculture -- North Carolina -- Jackson County; Jackson County Historical Association (N.C.); Antiques -- North Carolina -- Jackson County; Music -- North Carolina -- Jackson County;
To open the show, Amy introduces the song "Cryin’ Holy" by the Hominy Valley Boys from Waynesville. Doreyl speaks with Peggy Dawson of Tuckasegee, who provides more gardening suggestions. Amy talks with Joe Rhinehart of Webster about the grand...
Storytelling -- North Carolina -- Jackson County; Farm life -- North Carolina, Western; Jackson County Green Energy Park; Waste products as fuel -- North Carolina -- Jackson County; Landfill gases --North Carolina -- Jackson County; Agriculture --...
Amy opens the show telling about her daddy planting by the signs. Doreyl’s guest is Carrie Blaskowski of the Jackson County Green Energy Park in Dillsboro, who explains their creative use of land fill gases for energy. In part one of Amy’s...
Family reunions; Legends -- North Carolina, Western; Music -- North Carolina -- Jackson County; Hardware stores -- North Carolina -- Swain County; Music -- North Carolina -- Swain County
Amy shares her thoughts about family reunions. Doreyl interviews Mary Joyce from Sylva about her research on the local "little people," then singer-songwriter Keith Shuler’s song about the legendary "little people" provides further insight. Amy...
Music -- North Carolina -- Jackson County; Musicians -- North Carolina -- Jackson County; Family farms -- North Carolina -- Jackson County; Storytelling -- North Carolina -- Jackson County;
Doreyl interviews Ron Smith of Sylva who tells the story of a soldier’s musical legacy; Smith plays “Danny Boy” on the slide guitar. Amy’s guest, Vera Holland Guise of Tilley Creek, talks about saving her family’s home place, which she...
This rendering from an elevated perspective of the Margo Terrace, a hotel located in Asheville, N.C., provides a juxtaposition of various modes of transportation available in the city, with an automobile seen in conjunction with a horse and...
Wilson & Cook's Mill was featured in a variety of Kephart's publications. Unlike the published photographs, this photograph provides more perspective on the right hand side by showing a couple next to the mill and its stream.
Kephart's diary is not available. However, his ''Index to Diary'' provides some illumination on his trip into western North Carolina in 1904. Among the entries on this page are the ones numbered 1 - 35, which relate to his arrival in the region and...
Kephart's diary is not available. However, his ''Index to Diary'' provides some illumination on his trip into western North Carolina in 1904. Among the entries on this page are the ones numbered 40 - 60 and 77, and which relate to his life after...
"Wilson & Cook's Mill" was featured in a variety of Kephart's publications. Unlike the published photographs, this photograph provides more perspective on the right hand side by showing a couple next to the mill and its stream.
Kephart's diary is not available. However, his "Index to Diary" provides some illumination on his trip into western North Carolina in 1904. Among the entries on this page are the ones numbered 1 - 35, which relate to his arrival in the region and...
Kephart's diary is not available. However, his "Index to Diary" provides some illumination on his trip into western North Carolina in 1904. Among the entries on this page are the ones numbered 40 - 60 and 77, and which relate to his life after...
This booklet promoting Allanstand Cottage Industries was written by Frances Goodrich and published by the Women's Home Mission Board of the Presbyterian Church in 1901 or 1902. Goodrich founded Allanstand Cottage Industries while working as a...
Arts and crafts movement -- Appalachian Region, Southern; Craft shops -- Appalachian Region, Southern; Handicraft industries -- Appalachian Region, Southern;
This financial report for Allanstand Cottage Industries for 1917 provides an overall financial statement as well as an inventory for specific craft categories. Allanstand Cottage Industries was founded in 1896, but was incorporated in 1916 and...
Arts and crafts movement -- Appalachian Region, Southern; Craft shops -- Appalachian Region, Southern; Handicraft -- Appalachian Region, Southern; Handicraft industries -- Appalachian Region, Southern;
This financial report for Allanstand Cottage Industries for 1926 provides an overall financial statement as well as a balance sheet for specific craft categories. The Status of Merchandise Account documents purchases, sales, and remaining...
Arts and crafts movement -- Appalachian Region, Southern; Handicraft -- Appalachian Region, Southern; Handloom industry -- Appalachian Region, Southern;
This historical summary of traditional weaving in the southern Appalachian mountains was written by Frances Goodrich in March of 1926. This essay describes weaving as she found it during her mission work in western North Carolina during the...
This text describing cornhusk doll maker May Ritchie Deschamps (1896-1982) was written for inclusion in the catalog for "Crafts of Cornhusk," an exhibition produced by the Southern Highland Handicraft Guild in 1981. The piece provides biographical...
This page provides an overview of the woodcarving cooperative that started at the John C. Campbell Folk School in the early 1930s and later became known as the Brasstown Carvers. It briefly mentions the origin of the carving group in Brasstown,...
This leaflet provides a brief overview of work done by Eleanor Vance and Charlotte Yale with the Tryon Toy-Makers and Wood-Carvers. The women began their craft teaching in Asheville, North Carolina with the Biltmore Estate Industries in 1901, and...
This recipe using fresh dye flowers is part of a box containing 46 total vegetable dye recipes which are hand-written on index cards. Each card provides the formula used to achieve a particular color. The cards include the date, the origin of the...
